Conveyer.



No. 727,911. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

11; M. GRITES.

'GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1902. N0 MODEL. V Q 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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No. 727,911 I PATENTED MAY 12, 1903. H M. GRITES. GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26, 1902.

N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

UNITED TATns Patented May 12, 1903.

CONVEYER.

SIECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 727,911, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed December 26, 1902. Serial No. 136,667. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, HENRY MONROE CRITES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Circleville, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Conveyer, of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relatesto conveyors, and has for its objects to produce a device of this character which will be simple of construction, efficient in operation, and which is especially adapted for conveying the materials in canning-factories andthelike and distributing them to their respective receiving-bins.

The invention comprises the details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through one of the bins, showing the conveyer arranged above the same.- Fig. 4is an enlarged view showing the details of one of the conveyor-flights and its track.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a floor or platform sustained in any suitable manner and having bins or compartments 2, situated beneath the same. There may be any suitable number of these com partments for accommodating the various materials re-.

ceived in canning-factories'or the like, and the floor is provided with'a series of openings 3, located one above each of the underlying bins. These openings may be closed in any suitable manner; but I prefer to employ removable trap-doors 4 for this purpose. .These trap-doors when seated in place lie flush with the upper surface of the floor and constitute an unbroken continuation of the same.

5 indicates an inclined platform or way extending from the ground surface to the platform 1, up which the material to be delivered onto the platform is conveyed,the platform.

being, in fact, a continuation of the inclined way.

6 indicates an endless conveyor provided with flights 7. This conveyor is mounted on suitable guide-pulleys 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 and travels up the inclined way along the platform 1, thence downward and back beguiding-roller and neath the platform and inclined way, and is driven by means of adrive-wheel 14, mounted on shaft 15,0n which is also mounted theguidepulley 13, the drive-wheel being in belt connection with any suitable source of power. The conveyor-flights 7 are in the form of vertically-disposed blades provided at their ends with guide-wheels 16, mounted on parallel shafts 17, projecting from suitable heads 18, riveted to the ends of the conveyor-flights. The flights are flexibly connected in the usual manner by means of links 19. The inclined way 5 and platform 1 are provided with tracks 20, upon which the rollers 16 at the ends of the flights travel. 'Above the tracks are overhanging guides 21, projecting laterally from the sides of vertical walls '22, arising from the surface of the inclined Ways and platform. Thesewalls, which consist of boards stood upon their edges and secured in any suitable manner, extend throughout the entire length of the way 5 and platforml at each end of the conveyor-flights and constitute a channel in which the material being handled is moved by the conveyor-flights.

The bins which receive the material being.

distributed are provided with inclined bottoms leading to a discharge-opening closed in any suitable manner and adapted for the automaticdischarge of-the contents of the bin.

The operation of the device is as follows:

'Thematerial to be handled by the apparatus is discharged uponthe inclinedway 5 between the channel-walls 22 andfis conveyed up the same and along the surfaceof the platform 1, Whichoverlies the bins 2, by means of the flights 7. The bins are sufficient in number and capacity to accommodate the vafactories-such, for example, as green corn, peaches, tomatoes, and the like-and in order to distribute these various materials to their respective bins it is simply necessary to close all of the openings'in the platform e x cept the one over the particular bin which is v to receive the material beingjhandledyand rious materials usually received in canningthe conveyor-flights will move'thematerial over the surface'of theplatform and discharge it through the opening into said bin.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I produce an elevating, conveying, and distributing apparatus which is extremely simple in construction and operation and which is admirably adapted for use in canning-houses or the like where it is desired to distribute a variety of materials into respective compartments. In attaining these ends I do not limit or confine myself to the structuraldetails herein shown and described, inasmuch as various changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a device of the class described, the combination with a plurality of compartments, of a floor or platform situated over said compartments and provided with openingscommunicating therewith, a conveyor-chain pro- 

